Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025

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Romería Romería
Romería and Sirât
Anemone (Country: US, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Ronan Day-Lewis; Writer: Ronan Day-Lewis; Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton)
Estranged brothers reunite in a remote cabin and are forced to confront their painful past.
Dead Language (Country: Israel, Czech Republic, Poland; Year: 2025; Director: Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis; Writer: Mihal Brezis, Amital Stern, Tom Shoval; Stars: Sarah Adler, Ulrich Thomsen, Yehezkel Lazarov, Lars Eidinger)
A chance encounter leads Aya to pick up a stranger at the airport. When he disappears, he leaves behind a gnawing hunger - one which perhaps only a complete stranger could fulfill.
Dracula (Country: Romania, Austria, Luxembourg; Year: 2025; Director: Radu Jude; Writer: Radu Jude; Stars: Adonis Tanța, Oana Maria Zaharia, Gabriel Spahiu, Ilinca Manolache, Alexandru Dabija, Andrada Balea, Doru Talos, Serban Pavlu, Lukas Miko, Neil Young. Alexandra .Harapu.)
Gonzo exploration of the Vlad the Impaler mythos.
Dry Leaf (Country: Germany, Georgia; Year: 2025; Director: Alexandre Koberidze; Writer: Alexandre Koberidze; Stars: David Koberidze, Irina Chelidze, Giorgi Bochorishvili, Otar Nijaradze, Vakhtang Panchulidze)
A father goes looking for his missing photographer daughter across rural Georgia.
Father (Otec) (Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland; Year: 2025; Director: Tereza Nvotová; Writer: Tereza Nvotová, Dušan Budzak; Stars: Milan Ondrík, Dominika Morávková, Dominika Zajcz, Martina Sľúková, Aňa Geislerová, Peter Ondrejička, Peter Bebjak, Ingrid Timková, Roman Polák)
A tragic mistake destroys a man’s life, isolating him in guilt and shaking his marriage. Now facing prison, can he find a path to forgiveness?
Mama Mama
Mama and Father
Follies (Folichonneries) (Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Eric K Boulianne; Writer: Alexandre Auger, Eric K Boulianne; Stars: Eric K Boulianne, Catherine Chabot, Florence Blain Mbaye, Étienne Galloy, Sarah Chouinard Poirier, Simone Bellemare-Ledoux, Agathe Ledoux, Sophie Letourneur, Antonin Mousseau-Rivard, Ève Landry, Éric Robidoux, Julie Le Breton, Nathalie Coupal, Ambre Jabrane, Carolanne Foucher, Erin Margurite Carter, Jacques L’Heureux, Rose-Anne Déry, Rémi St-Michel)
A couple in a relationship for 16 years and parents of two children, are no longer able to connect sexually. They decide to open up their relationship in order to experience "fun" experiences that will allow them to learn more about themselves. Polyamory, libertinism, BDSM, and sexual fluidity ensue.
Hen (Country: Germany, Greece, Hungary; Year: 2025; Director: György Pálfi; Stars: Yannis Kokiasmenos, Maria Diakopanagioti, Argyris Pantazaras)
After escaping a grisly fate, a hen seeks refuge.
The History Of Sound (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Oliver Hermanus; Writer: Ben Shattuck; Stars: Paul Mescal, Peter Mark Kendall, Josh O'Connor, Chris Cooper, Molly Price, Raphael Sbarge, Hadley Robinson, Emma Canning, Briana Middleton, Alessandro Bedetti, Will Fitz, Gary Raymond, Alison Bartlett, Michael D. Xavier, Dan Bittner)
Two young men in 1920 set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen.
Honey Don't! (Country: US, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Ethan Coen; Writer: Ethan Coen, Tricia Cooke; Stars: Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans, Lera Abova, Lena Hall, Charlie Day, Don Swayze, Kristen Connolly, Talia Ryder, Billy Eichner, Gabby Beans, Josh Pafchek, Christian Antidormi, Gregg Binkley, Layne Lazor)
A dark comedy about Honey O’Donahue, a small-town private investigator, who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.
Kokuho (Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Sang-il Lee; Writer: Satoko Okudera, Shûichi Yoshida; Stars: Ai Mikami, Takahiro Miura, Emma Miyazawa, Nana Mori, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyûsaku Shimada, Mitsuki Takahata, Min Tanaka, Shinobu Terajima, Ken Watanabe, Ryûsei Yokohama, Ryô Yoshizawa)
A boy born into a family of gangsgters is taken in by a kabuki theatre actor and finds a talent for the craft.
Palestine 36 Palestine 36
Palestine 36 and Dracula
Magellan (Country: Philippines, Spain, Portugal, France; Year: 2025; Director: Lav Diaz; Writer: Lav Diaz; Stars: Gael García Bernal, Amado Arjay Babon, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Ângela Azevedo, Hazel Orencio, Ronnie Lazaro, Rafael Morais, Bong Cabrera, Tomás Alves, Ivo Arroja, Valdemar Santos, Sasa Cabalquinto, Mario Castro, Paulo Calatré, Max Grosse Majench)
Magellan is a navigator rebelling against the power of the King, due to his humanism and belief in justice. But once he is finally in command of the Spice Fleet, in which he will make the first circumnavigation of the Earth, what will his journey unravel about himself?
Mama (Country: Israel, Poland, Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Or Sinai; Writer: Or Sinai; Stars: Evgenia Dodina, Chelli Goldenberg, Meir Suissa)
After many years working far from home, Mila is forced to temporarily leave her seaside mansion - and her secret romance - to return to her family in a remote Polish village. But the long-awaited reunion is far from what she imagined.
Mother's Baby (Country: Austria, Germany, Switzerland; Year: 2025; Director: Johanna Moder; Writer: Arne Kohlweyer, Johanna Moder; Stars: Claes Bang, Julia Franz Richter, Marie Leuenberger, Hans Löw, Caroline Frank, Andreas Ortner, Judith Altenberger, Evelyn Ruzicka, Nina Fog, Nairi Hadodo, Ines Miro, Selina Ströbele, Tchuci)
The family dream becomes a nightmare as 40-year-old Julia struggles to bond with her newborn child.
The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo (Country: Chile; Year: 2025; Director: Diego Céspedes; Writer: Diego Céspedes; Stars: Tamara Cortes, Matías Catalán, Paula Dinamarca)
1982. Eleven-year-old Lidia lives with her beloved queer family in a desert mining town in northern Chile. As an unknown and deadly disease begins to spread, legend has it that it is transmitted between two men, through a simple glance, when they fall in love. While people are accusing her family, Lidia must find out whether this myth is real or not.
Oxygen (Country: Israel; Year: 2025; Director: Netalie Braun)
Drama about motherhood in Israeli society.
The History Of Sound The History Of Sound
The History Of Sound and Anemone
Palestine 36 (Country: France, Palestinian Occupied Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UK, Denmark, Jordan, Norway, US; Year: 2025; Director: Annemarie Jacir; Writer: Annemarie Jacir; Stars: Jeremy Irons, Robert Aramayo, Liam Cunningham, Billy Howle, Christopher Villiers, Hiam Abbass, Sam Hoare, Yasmine Al Massri, Nicholas Moss, Mo'min Swaitat)
In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colonial rule, Yusuf navigates between Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire.
A Poet (Una Poeta) (Country: Colombia, Germany, Sweden; Year: 2025; Director: Simón Mesa Soto; Writer: Simón Mesa Soto; Stars: Guillermo Cardona, Rebeca Andrade, Ubeimar Rios, Humberto Restrepo, Margarita Soto, Allison Correa)
Oscar Restrepo’s obsession with poetry brought him no glory. Aging and erratic, he has succumbed to the cliché of the poet in the shadows. Meeting Yurlady, a teenage girl from humble roots, and helping her cultivate her talent brings some light to his days, but dragging her into the world of poets may not be the way.
Romería (Country: Spain, Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Carla Simón; Writer: Carla Simón; Stars: Tristán Ulloa, José Ángel Egido, Sara Casasnovas, Miryam Gallego, Janet Novás, Mitch Martín, Celine Tyll, Mitch Robles, Llúcia Garcia, Sergio Quintana, David Saraiva)
Marina, 18, orphaned at a young age, must travel to Spain’s Atlantic coast to obtain a signature for a scholarship application from the paternal grandparents she has never met.
The Sea (Country: Israel; Year: 2025; Director: Shai Carmeli-Pollak)
A Palestinian boy tries to reach the Mediterranean Sea for the first time in his life.
Sirât (Sirat) (Country: Spain, France; Year: 2025; Director: Óliver Laxe; Writer: Santiago Fillol, Óliver Laxe; Stars: Sergi López, Bruno Núñez)
A father arrives at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco with his son, looking for his daughter who has been missing for months.
Dead Language Dead Language
Dead Language and Dry Leaf
Song Sung Blue (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Craig Brewer)
A Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act experience success and heartbreak in their musical journey together.
The Souffleur (Country: Austria, Argentina; Year: 2025; Director: Gastón Solnicki; Writer: Julia Niemann, Gastón Solnicki; Stars: Willem Dafoe, Lilly Lindner, Stephanie Argerich, Gastón Solnicki, Imona Mirrakhimova, Claus Philipp, Camille Clair)
A hotelier whose establishment is scheduled for redevelopment tries to cling to the past.
The Voice Of Hind Rajab (Country: Tunisia, France; Year: 2025; Director: Kaouther Ben Hania; Writer: Kaouther Ben Hania; Stars: Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Clara Khoury, Amer Hlehel)
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
White Snail (Country: Austria, Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter; Writer: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter; Stars: Marya Imbro, Mikhail Senkov)
A Belarusian model dreaming of a career in China finds herself drawn to a mysterious loner who works the night shift at a morgue. A fragile love story.
The Wizard Of The Kremlin (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Olivier Assayas; Writer: Olivier Assayas, Emmanuel Carrère, based on the novel by Giuliano Da Empoli; Stars: Paul Dano, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander)
Russia, early 1990s. Amid post-Soviet chaos, a brilliant young man, Vadim Baranov, charts his path. First an artist, then a reality show producer, he becomes the spin doctor to a rising KGB agent: Vladimir Putin.
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